Hecse - Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering

Welcome to Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering (Hecse)

Hecse is a PhD program in computer science and computer engineering
jointly offered by Aalto
University and the
University of Helsinki (UH).
The participating universities are the leading universities within
their fields in Finland.

Graduate education in Hecse emphasizes a solid knowledge of the
central concepts and methods of computer science and
engineering. Expertise in these core areas is essential for the
innovativeness and competitiveness of the IT industry, as well as
for scientific advances and industrial applications of information
technology. Hecse encompasses two Centres of Excellence of the
Academy of Finland, and offers an internationally unique
environment for research and researcher training. It is the only
graduate school providing researcher training in core computer
science methodologies within the Helsinki metropolitan region,
which accommodates the majority of the Finnish IT industry

To strengthen the focus of the school and, consequently, student
and faculty commitment, researcher training in Hecse will from
2007 on be structured along three interrelated and cooperating
thematic areas.

The area of Algorithms, Structures and Complexity builds
on algorithm design and mathematical methods, and focuses on
foundational studies and innovative methods for novel
applications.

The Pattern Analysis and Intelligent Systems area
researches methods for finding meaningful patterns from and
modeling of large data sets, and building intelligent
human-computer interfaces.

In the System Software area the
research concentrates on designing and implementing reliable and
efficient system software such as operating systems, database
systems, middleware, and compilers.

Hecse constitutes an intensive, geographically concentrated
network of computer science and engineering researcher
training. The participating units form the strongest Finnish
academic research cluster in the field, with substantial
co-operation with the wide industrial base in the region.

For the period 2007-2011, Hecse has 20 funded PhD student
positions and a coordinator; in addition, about 60 adjunct PhD
students who receive funding from other sources are enrolled in
Hecse and participate in courses and other events organized by
Hecse.